Moving-picture machine



J. A. CAMERON.

MOVING PICTURE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, 191's. RENEWED MAY 12.1919.

1,324,102. Patented Dec. 9,1919.

$51 attou/mq JAMES A. CAMERON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MOVING-PICTURE MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed January 3, 1916, Serial No. 69,732. Renewed May 12, 1919. Serial No. 296,545.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, JAMEs A. CAMERON,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident ments in Moving-Picture Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates generally to moving picture machines and has more particularly reference to fireproof casings now generally inclosing machines of this charactor.

The main object of the invention is to render the parts, inclosed within a fireproof casing, readily accessible.

To this end the invention consists in effect in an angularly arranged door, pivoted on a vertical axis, which together with the side and front Walls of the frame form an inclosed casing, in combination with a similarly hinged gate for holding the film against a support within the casing.

In the accompanying drawings the invention is disclosed in a concrete and preferred form, from which however changes may be made without departing from the legitimate and intended scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

In the said drawings:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic View of a moving picture machine and source of light.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the casingof the moving picture machine.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

1 indicates a frame here consisting of a side Wall 2 and front wall 3. Mounted in said frame, and preferably on the side wall 2 thereof, is film feeding mechanism, here represented by the sprocket 4. Also mounted in the frame, and preferably on the side wall 2 thereof is a suitable film support 5, which is what is generally known as a face plate containing the usual exposure opening past which the film travels. 6 is a gate cooperating with the film support to properly sustain the film in operative relation to the exposure opening. This gate is mounted on a substantially vertical axis by means of the hinge 7. 8 is a spring catch for holding the gate in closed position. 9 is a door composed of the angular walls 10 and 11, which together with the side and front walls of the frame constitute an inclosed casing surrounding the operating parts of the machine. The door 9 is supported on the hinge 12, and swings on a substantially vertical axis and in the same direction as the swinging movement of the gate. 13 is a catch for fastening the door 9 in its closed position.

From the above it will be understood that when the angular-sided door 9 is swung open, the whole of the film moving mechanism will be exposed and made readily ac oessible. the door w'll be interposed between the lantern l4 andthe inflammable film. The mounting of both the door 9 and the gate 6 on vertical hinges is highly advantageous in that the gate 6 may be opened wide as soon as the' door has been opened, and when opened both door and gatewill remain open without the need of any special holding devices, such as are necessary when the gate swings on a horizontal axis into a raised position. With the construction described, it will be seen that, when the door is open the gate, when swung back, will occupy a position in which it will be shielded by the previously opened door against such mechanical injuries as it would be likely to receive if exposed to accidental blows such, for instance, as might be occasioned by the movements of the operator in the manipulation of the machine.

What is claimed, is:

1. A moving picture machine comprising: a frame including angularly arranged side and front Walls, film advancing mechanism mounted on the frame, a film-support also mounted on the frame, a hinged gate arranged to hold the film in engagement with thefilm support and pivoted toswing on a substantially vertical axis spaced from the frame, and a hinged door provided with angular sides cooperating With the side and front Walls of the frame to form a closed casing, the said door beingmounted also to swing On a substantially vertical axis.

2. A moving picture machine comprising: a frame including angularly arranged side and front walls, film advancing mechanism mounted on the side wall, a film support also mounted on the side wall, a hinged gate arranged to hold the film in engagement with the film support and pivoted to swing on a substantially vertical axis spaced from the frame, and a hinged door provided with angular sides cooperating with the side and front Walls of the frame to form a closed At the same time the wall 11 of and front walls,

casing, the said door being mounted also to swing on a substantially vertical axis.

3. A moving picture machine comprising: a frame including angularly arranged side 1m advancing mechanism mounted on the frame, a film support also mounted on the frame, a hinged door provided with angular sides cooperating with the side and front Walls of the frame to form a closed casing, the said door being mounted to swing on a substantially vertical axis, a hinged gate within the casing arranged to hold the film in engagement with the film support and pivoted to swing on a substantially vertical axis adjacent the hinge of the door and in the same direction '1 as the hinged door whereby the opened gate is protected by the angle formed by the opened door.

4. A moving picture machine comprising: a frame including angularly arranged side and front walls, film advancing mechanism being mounted to swing on a substantially .vertical axis, a hinged gate within the easing arranged to hold the film in engagement with the film support and pivoted to swing on a substantially vertical axis adjacent the hinge of the door and in the same direction as the hinged door whereby the opened gate is protected by the angle formed by the opened door.

Signed at borough of Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York this 30th day of December A. D. 1915.

JAMES A. CAMERON.

lVitnesses:

JOHN L. C. MAYER, C. M. ESHELMAN. 

